Future students

To meet the needs of rapid urbanization and technologically more complex cities, the University of Waterloo has launched the Urban Engineering initiative to bring more rigorously trained engineers into leadership positions to respond to urban challenges. Nadine Ibrahim, is the Turkstra Chair in Urban Engineering creating excitement around urban engineering among students, faculty and industry.

Congratulations to Laurent Gerin for winning the Outstanding Young Professional Award – Gold Prize (first place) at INALCO (International Aluminum Conference) 2019, which was held in Tokyo, Japan this last week. Laurent’s presentation was selected first out of 34 presentations by young professionals (under age 35) at the conference, which featured ~190 delegates from around the world. The topic of Laurent’s presentation was “Static and Fatigue Testing of Partial Penetration and Flare Bevel Groove Welds in Aluminum Structures”.

The University of Waterloo Steel Bridge Team was happy to receive and test its new Rebel EMP 215IC multi-process welding unit from ESAB earlier this month. This donation will significantly enhance the capabilities of the team to fabricate their bridge for the 2021 Canadian completion, to take place on London, ON early next year. This welding unit will allow the team to carry out their bridge fabrication using any one of a variety of welding processes, including stick, GMAW, FCAW, and GTAW.

Today, more than half the world’s population lives in cities, and that number is only increasing. Tomorrow’s urban centres will face rapid population growth and increasingly complex challenges. The Turkstra Chair in Urban Engineering was created to prepare students for the difficult issues that our future cities will face. The newly-appointed Chair, Nadine Ibrahim, took the position in January 2019. Through unique coursework and extracurriculars, she’s introducing new educational attitudes that will help students learn from a network of faculty, industry professionals and global experts.

The Center for Pavement and Transportation Technology (CPATT) Presents the High Performance Asphalt Materials Symposium on Wednesday October 2nd, 2019 8:00am to 3:30pm in the aculty Hall, Engineering 7 building room E7-7363. Please click here to see the poster for more information. 

Susan Tighe, PhD, PEng, FCAE, became a Fellow in the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (FCSCE) on June 14, 2019 at the Annual Awards Gala for excellence in civil engineering and for services rendered to her profession and to Canada.  Susan has been an active member of CSCE for more than 20 years and recently served as the Past President of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering.  She has been a Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario since 1995 and has been a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Waterloo since 2000.  She h